To admirers, she is on a different level from any other singer in the industry today.

She changed the music game last year by dropping a self-titled album as a complete surprise – the album was so secret, one of its producers only knew of its release 90 minutes before it dropped – and her aspiration in life, she said in the album, is to just be happy.

Happy 33rd Birthday, Bey! To celebrate the powerful pop star, we look back at 33 times Beyonce stole every headline possible. First up might be the cutest ever: When Blue Ivy presented her mother with her Video Vanguard award at the VMAs. (Photo: Mark Davis, Getty Images)

Let us pay respect to the time Beyonce’s 2004 wedding to Jay Z was so secret that this photo of Gwyneth Paltrow hiding on her way into their apartment was the only evidence there was an event going on at all.
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She's married to rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and mogul Jay Z – who was worth about $520 million in 2014, according to Forbes. And their child, Blue Ivy Carter, stole the show at the VMAs this year with the simple words, "Yeah, Mommy." Not to mention that highly publicized tour she's recently headlined with her hubby.

Today is her birthday, so raise a glass. Here are 33 flawless moments of Beyoncé.